Americas: Hook-to-hook closures for flexible packages
Velcro Companies introduces Velcro Brand PRESS-LOK Advanced closure a hook-to-hook closure system for manufacturers to quickly and easily integrate the closures with their flexible...
Asia Pacific: Mengniu debuts octagonal shaped milk carton
Mengniu, a leading Chinese dairy manufacturer, has upgraded its premium line of organic milk in collaboration with Tetra Pak, making it the first white...
Europe: E-tailing pushes demand for smart packaging, report
Smart packaging technologies based on unique digital codes will take both online and off-line grocery in exciting new directions during the next few years,...
Americas: Toyo Ink Brasil releases PU-based inks
Toyo Ink Brasil presents an upgraded lineup of high-performance polyurethane-based surface and lamination inks for flexo and gravure printing.
The company offers systems, from general-purpose...
Asia Pacific: Chinese bottler selects Ineos’ material for packaging
Tibet Qomolangma has selected Ineos Styrolution's K-Resin KR03 material to package its Qomolangma Glacier mineral water bottle cap packaging in Tibet, China.
The styrene-butadiene-copolymer grade...
Asia Pacific: Chinaplas on smart manufacturing, lightweight trends
Reducing resource consumption and packaging-waste at the source is not exactly a new idea, and lightweighting has been gathering momentum in recent years, according...
Asia Pacific: China boost demand for virgin plastics material, analyst
Global demand for polyethylene (PE), the world’s most used plastic, has nearly doubled since 1999, according to information provider IHS Markit.
It states global demand...
Asia Pacific: AR is suitable for short-term marketing, report
Augmented reality (AR), which blends the real and virtual world together, has emerged as one of the most exciting technologies in the intelligent packaging...
Europe: Marback, RPC company release closure system
German tool producer Marbach and RPC Bebo have developed a thermoformed screw closure system.
Called Turner, the system comprises a cup, lid and lidding...
Europe: Packaging needs to ‘speak’, said DLG
Consumer desire is a fundamental driver for change in the food sector as this has a direct influence on production processes and subsequent packaging,...